English 101 Final
Homonyms
Words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.
False Analogy
Wrongly implies that because two things share some characteristics, they are therefore alike in all respects.
Parenthetical Reference
A brief note in parenthesis interested into the text after borrowed material.
Summary
A condensation of a larger work.
Metaphor
A figure of speech that states or impllies that two things being compared are alike.
Deductive Reasoning
A form of logical thinking in which a general premise is applied to specific situations or cases.
Run-on
A fused sentence.
Major Premise
A general statement about an entire group.
False
A metaphor is an explicit comparison.
True
A paraphrase retells the information in roughly the same number of words as the original source.
Attribution
A phrase or sentence that identifies a source and helps incorporate source material into an essay.
Red Herring
A ploy to deflect attention from the matter being discussed.
Long (Block) Quotation
A quotation longer than four lines.
False
A simile is an implied comparison.
Subject
A singular noun.
Secondary Source
A source whose ideas come to you only through another source.
Minor Premise
A statement about an individual within a group.
Flashback
A technique that disrupts chronology in a narrative.
Syllogism
A three- step form of reasoning that moves from general to specific.
Quotation
A word-for-word reproduction of what is stated in a source.
Verbs
Acknowledges, argues insists, reveals and speculates are examples of these.
Extended definition
Allows you to apply a personal interpretation to a word.
True
An analogy is an imaginative comparison that delves beneath the surface diffferences of subjects in order to expose their significance and often unsuspected similarities or difference.
Toulmin Method
An approach for strengthening the connection between evidence and thesis consisting of data, claim, and warrant.
Toulmin Method
An approach for strengthening the connection between evidence and thesis.
True
An argument consisting of the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion is known as a syllogism.
True
Analogies draw comparisons between items that appear to have little in common.
False
Argumentation involves emotional language and dramatic appeals, while persuasion involves clear thinking and logic.
True
Classification brings two or more related items together and categorizes them acoording to type or kind.
True
Concrete nouns refer to immediate, often sensory experiences and to physical objects.
False
Connotation is the neutral dictionary meaning of the word.
False
Consider using the first- or third- person point of view for directional analysis, and the second-person point of view for informational analysis.
False
Denotation is the emotional association that goes beyond the literal meaning of the word.
True
Directional analysis is used for step by step instuctions, and informational analysis is used to explain how something happens or has happened.
Characteristics
Distinguishes a term from other members of its class.
True
Dramatic license allows you to reshape events to suit your narrative point.
Correlative Conjunctions
Either...or, and neither...nor, follows this.
True
Extended definition allows you to apply a personal interpretation to a word, to make a case for a revisionist view of a commonly accepted meaning, to analyze the words representing complex or controversial issue.
Dangling Modifier
Fails to refer logically to any word in a sentence.
False
For most college research, a source older than five years in considered outdated unless it was the first to present key concepts in a field.
False
In an in text-citation, titiles of articles and other short works are italicized; titles of books are placed in quotation marks.
True
In cause-effect writing, arrrange detials in chronological or emphatic order.
False
In emphatic order, the most compelling evidence is presented first.
DOI
Insert this if an online source as a permanent Internet address.
Et al.
Latin for "and others."
False
MLA style was created for researchers in the social studies.
True
Process analysis is a technique that explains the steps or sequence involved in doing something.
Collective Noun
Refers to a group that acts as a unit.
Ethos
Refers to a writer's credibility or character.
Logos
Refers to absolute or authoritative information (facts, statistics, etc.) to support your argument.
Logos
Refers to absolute or authoritative information to support your argument.
Pathos
Refers to arguments based on emotion and feeling.
Stipulative Definition
Refers to special restrictions on a term.
Inference
Refers to the term for a conclusion based on inductive reasoning.
Pronoun
Replaces or substitutes the noun or noun phrase in a sentence.
Circulatory
Saying the same thing twice and therefore defining nothing.
Patterns of Development
Strategies for generating, developing, and organizing ideas for essays.
Patterns of development
Strategies for generating, developing, and organizing ideas for essays.
Accession Number
The abbreviation at the end of the entry which indicates the permanent number for the source on the database.
False
The analytic thinking that occurs during division-classification often leads to predicable insights.
Data
The evidence used to convince readers of the claim's validity.
Etymology
The linguistic origin of a word.
Works Cited
The list of sources that were used/acknowledged in your paper.
As qtd. In
The parenthetical documentation when a secondary source is quoted.
True
The post hoc fallacy is when you assume that simply because one event followed another, the first event caused the second.
Paraphrase
The reconstruction of the material using roughly the same number of words and retaining the same level of detail as the original.
MLA
The system developed by the Modern Language Association for citing sources in a paper.
Proposition
The thesis of an argumentation-persuasion paper.
Claim
The thesis, proposition, or conclusion.
Warrant
The underlying assumption that justifies moving from evidence to claim.
True
There are two types of desciption: objective and subjective.
Signal Devices
These clarify the connections among the essay's ideas.
Rogerian Method
This method requires you to identify the ideas, beliefs and arguments of an opposing viewpoint, or that you and your audience share in common.
Dominant Pattern
This provides the written piece's organizational framework.
Ellipsis
Three spaced periods.
Formal Definition
Three-part statements that lend distinction to the meaning of a word.
Italics
Use this to highlight the title of a book or a journal.
Quotation Marks
Use this to highlight the title of a poem or a short story.
Non Sequitur
When a conclusion is drawn that has no logical connection to the evidence cited.
Plagiarism
When a writer borrows someone else's ideas, facts, or language but doesn't credit that source.
Refutation
When a writer points out the problems with opposing viewpoints.
Argumentation
When a writer uses clear thinking and logic to convince readers of the soundness of a particular opinion on a controverisal issue.
Argumentation
When a writer uses clear thinking and logic to convince readers of the soundness of a particular opinion on a controversial issue.
Persuasion
When a writer uses emotional language and dramatic appeals to readers' concerns, beliefs and values.
Persuasion
When a writer uses emotional language and dramatic appeals to readers' concerns, beliefs, and values.
Ad Hominem
When someone attacks a person rather than a point of view.
False
When the author's name is provided in the text, you must also repeat the name in the parenthetical reference.
Fragment
When the noun or verb is missing from a sentence.
Interrupters
When words or phrases inserted into the body of a sentence can be removed without significant loss of meaning.
Either or Fallacy
When you assume that a particular viewpoint or course of action can have only on eof two diametrically opposed outcomes.
Either or Fallacy
When you assume that a particular viewpoint or course of action can have only one of two diametrically opposed outcomes.
Inductive Reasoning
When you draw a conclusion or make a generalization based on examination of evidence, facts, or examples.
Definition by Negation
When you use the introduction of your essay to clarify what the subject is not.
